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Banned Books Week 2023
From September 15 through October 15, 2023, Amnesty International USA will spotlight six cases highlighting individuals or communities whose human rights are under attack because of their work.
Issue
INTERNET CENSORSHIP
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE INTERNET Technology. In the last few decades, it has permanently altered the way we communicate and live. From the Internet to the iPad, advancements in…
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
PROFIT AT WHAT PRICE? Privatization and economic globalization have given companies unprecedented access to new territories, and expanded their reach across national borders. But all companies, no matter where they…
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DEATH PENALTY 2022: Recorded Executions Skyrocket to Highest Figure in Five Years
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, as the Middle East and North Africa’s most notorious executioners carried out killing sprees, Amnesty International said today as…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ETHNIC KAZAKH ARTIST AT RISK OF TORTURE (China: UA 26.23)
Zhanargul Zhumatai, an ethnic Kazakh journalist and artist, was taken away from her mother’s house in Urumqi, Xinjiang on 10 February. The state security police detained her after she communicated…
Press Release
Leading US University Endowments Fail to Ensure Their Billions Aren’t Funding Human Rights Abuses
Today Amnesty International USA released its first Limited Partner Scorecard, grading 10 of the largest university investment offices in the United States on their human rights due diligence processes when…
Press Release
Annual Report 2022: Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine Exposes an International System Unfit to Deal With Global Crises
Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2022 highlights double standards throughout the world on human rights and the failure of the international community to unite around consistently-applied human rights and universal…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: JOURNALIST’S HEALTH FURTHER DETERIORATED (China: UA 284.16)
Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64 Tianwang” was able to speak with his mother on videoconference on 24 November 2022. His health has further deteriorated…
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Drone War, Tech Assassinations, and the Future of Conflict: Theological, Legal, and Policy Developments
From the first fully autonomous deadly targeting in Libya to “kamikaze” drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and “Over the horizon” capability in Afghanistan, the use of lethal drones is…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: VETERAN RADIO HOST SENTENCED FOR PEACEFUL ACTIVISM (Hong Kong: UA 84.22)
Detained veteran internet radio host “Giggs” Edmund Wan, who had been remanded in custody for over 19 months, was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment on sedition and money laundering charges…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: VETERAN RADIO HOST FACES YEARS IN PRISON (Hong Kong: UA 84.22)
Detained veteran internet radio host “Giggs” Edmund Wan, who has been remanded in custody for over 18 months, faces a total of 10 sedition and money laundering charges. At the…
Press Release
Long-Delayed UN Report Must Spur Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
Responding to the long-awaited release of the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on serious human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès…
